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Too much texting could be a pain in the neck – Research says
Texting is a new norm of communication between mobile users and more so it seems with the younger generation of users. While it seems like a harmless method of getting information across or connecting with friends, this practice isn’t as harmless as you’d think. According to Judith Gold, an assistant professor of Epidemiology at the…
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Pill bottle caps will soon send SMS reminders about your medicines
Bottle caps haven’t been touched by the few innovative heads we have around us. The last I saw was the domination of really cool openers and corkscrews. However, we have a major breakthrough in the art of designing bottle caps, for pills, to be more specific. These cool new bottle caps that are around the…
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Send a love, erotic msg to a lover and go to jail
Communism rules, or so should the slogan be for China even on this day of technology and advancements. In the olden days, it was normal for you to send little notes to your lover and pray it doesn’t reach the wrong hand. We thought things could change with technology and the introduction of mobile phones.…
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Send SMSes to space!
An Australian website called ‘hellofromearth.net’ that promises users to get short messages to outer space. They allow up to 160 characters per message. These messages will be rallied to a planet outside our solar system called Gliese 581d. Well, I wouldn’t waste my time sending a message that takes 20 years to be sent. Says…
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Iowa county is the first to implement 911 Emergency text service
Imagine you are in a situation where there is no possibility of talking after dialing 911 because that could be the biggest threat to your life. Well now on you don’t have to worry about that because Iowa County has launched the Nation’s First 911 via text message. The service so far is only available…
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SMS service from Google in Africa
Google unveiled a new service designed to provide information using SMS text message to mobile phone users in Africa, where cell phones are prevalent but Internet penetration is low. Africa has the world’s highest mobile phone growth rate. Mobile use on the continent is six times higher than Internet penetration. But most devices in Africa…
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Two dudes create record – Send each other 217,000 text messages
Two buddies from Pennsylvania 29-year-old Nick Andes and 30-year-old Doug Klinger sent each other thousands of Lol’s and Hello’s to create a record of 217,000 text messages or 583 an hour. However their joy was short lived when T-Mobile sent them a whopping $26,000 phone bill inspite of having an ‘unlimited texting plan’. [Post Chronicle…
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All it takes is an SMS to file taxes in Sweden
What I hate about taxes other than paying it in the first place is the paperwork and complications involved with the process. However the latter is not the case in Sweden. To file taxes in Sweden all you need to do is open a new text message, enter your Social Security number and a security…
